I have a question regarding my career path. If any one can advice me from your heart it will really help me to plan my career.

Currently i am a project manager cum functional consultant specialized in Manufacturing module with a mid sized IT company in Singapore in the implementation of ERP solutions (A mid market ERP Solution from Microsoft), The problem for me is that i am not able to get in to bigger organizations (MNCs) inspite of my knowledge considering my current organization size and the size of the product i am handling. Even though i am comfortable with my salary, because of my organization size we always has to run around for the business even for smaller amounts.

Considering the above i started searching for a job and now i got a offer from a MNC with a good salary. But the problem is that this MNC is not a IT company but they are recruiting me as a Senior Business Analyst and the Job profile is to take the requirements from the users, define the standard operating procedures with best practices in the sales business process and get the IT vendor to execute the same and i have to coordinate the Business case scenarios definition, user acceptance testing and to take the project to live. That means it is just not limited to a IT activities and it is just a part of it.

This is some what linked to what i am doing but on the end user side with additional responsibilities of coordinating the business users from different countries and defining the SOPs which means i will not be working with just a product but with multiple products but not in depth of any product.

Since i have worked on a specific product in a specific domain in the core IT for almost 8 years will my career get affected if i switch over to this new profile considering my long term career path.

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Well a major question here is... do you really like the ERP work that you are doing and you would like to continue to specialize and grow in that path? Or are you looking for a change and what appears to be a move towards a management / business role?

MNC means Multi National Companies (Bigger Firms). To be frank really like to work and grow in the ERP segment but since the current product which i am handling serves only the small and medium scale business i am unable to get in to bigger ERP products which is really hampering my growth. Also, if i m going to continue this ERP, i am also not sure to what level i will reach after 5 to 10 years as i also feel one or the other day my career will get in to the management / business role even if i continue with this.

OH, ok. Makes sense. We are a MNC but very small ;) (US, Canada, UK, Australia.)

ERP can do a lot in the technical realm. Get SAP at home and start playing with it. SAP consulting is big money. You can get internal positions, work at SAP or be a freelance consultant. Lots of options. Expand into Oracle and you have even more options. Add Microsoft and expand again. With only a few products you can really do a lot with ERP.

Yes i can go through SAP and Oracle. But end of the day even if i do other ERPs where i am heading to ? i feel still it will end up in a management role at a later stage. What is your opinion on this ? Also, doing freelance in Asia is not easier as here there are lot of SAP and other ERP consultants who does things at a cheaper rate.

Do you think its a right move to get in to the role of Senior Business Analyst role as what i described earlier with one of a bigger MNC here to reach that management level earlier than what i would have been with a ERP.

Sorry to trouble you again.

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